Wade will be a Lame Duck coach in '09

[sportsman]

Next season is lost before it ever gets started.

 

[bayeslife]

Continuity never hurt anyone.

 

[landryscorner]

Really it's a travesty, if Wade comes back count on a repeat of 2008, just pathetic by the front office.....tell me guys..which NFL team besides the Cowboys would want to hire Wade Phillips as a Head Coach, once the Cowboys release this guy (whenever that happens) his career in the NFL is done..DONE DONE DONE...DONE.....

 

[dbair1967]

Next season is lost before it ever gets started.

no he wont (lame duck)...as long as we get to some acceptable level of mediocrity, Jones will keep him

 

[Joe Realist]

Nope, Dallas will be 4-1, Wade gets his extension then coaches to an 8-8 finish!

 

[FiniteMan!]

IF...he comes back (not going to beleive that until the next 3 weeks pass without him getting fired), Wade may very well do better next season. This team has some bad eggs who appear on their way out. That plus a healthy running game will have this team back in the playoffs next year.

Bascially if wade stays, he is the coach for 4 years --- the probable lifespan of the nucleus of this team.

 

[GOcowboys#1]

It's a joke. These guys are soft

 

[DaBoys4Life]

hopefully we don't catch the same amount of injuries....

 

[theebs]

I think you mean a Dead duck coach.

He cant comeback, no matter what jerry says today. Time should change his mind.

but then unfortunately jerry would be hiring the next coach and staff so what is the difference.

 

[RoadRunner]

I think you mean a Dead duck coach.

He cant comeback, no matter what jerry says today. Time should change his mind.

but then unfortunately jerry would be hiring the next coach and staff so what is the difference.

Eventually Jerry will get lucky by accident and hire the right coach.

 

[Bach]

Continuity never hurt anyone.

It did wonders for Campo.

5-11
5-11
5-11


If Jerry has his heart set on Garrett, then just be done with it. I don't know what he sees in him but Wade isn't going to win squat.

 

[28 Joker]

I would sign Phillips to an extention and find me an offensive coordinator. How much control does Phillips have over the offense when the coordinator makes $ 3 million dollars? Jason Garrett had major coaching power and talent, and the offense struggled. Forget the problems on offense. Simple offensive game management would have won Dallas at least 11 games (Washington, Arizona, Pittsburgh).

Special teams coach, good bye.

Dom Capers... Do you want to come?

 

[Bach]

Eventually Jerry will get lucky by accident and hire the right coach.

It happened in '89. But I don't know how many more college teammates Jerry has that are interested in coaching.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

Next season is lost before it ever gets started.

well there you go, no need to order Sunday Ticket next year

 

[Kaika]

I think you mean a Dead duck coach.

No He Meant LAME

 

[Bach]

well there you go, no need to order Sunday Ticket next year

I'll be canceling mine. They usually show 10-12 Cowboys games a year anyways. This crap isn't worth paying for.

 

[theebs]

Eventually Jerry will get lucky by accident and hire the right coach.

actually his trend after jimmy was to get progressively worse. People dont want to be part of a circus.

The same thing will happen again.

 

[igtmfo]

I came across the following. Sound familiar?

Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1807 letter to the king of Holland:

"... A prince who gets a reputation for good nature in the first year of his reign, is laughed at in the second. The love that kings inspire should be virile - partly an apprehensive respect, and partly a thirst for reputation. When a king is said to be a good fellow, his reign is a failure. How can a good fellow - or a good father, if you prefer it so - bear the burdens of royalty, keep malcontents in order, and either silence political passions, or enlist them under his own banner? ..."

 

[kingwhicker]

I truly don't think it matters at all who coaches this team. This is a cursed, doomed franchise. They will never win another playoff game, much less a Super Bowl.

 

[SweetDC]

I came across the following. Sound familiar?

Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1807 letter to the king of Holland:

"... A prince who gets a reputation for good nature in the first year of his reign, is laughed at in the second. The love that kings inspire should be virile - partly an apprehensive respect, and partly a thirst for reputation. When a king is said to be a good fellow, his reign is a failure. How can a good fellow - or a good father, if you prefer it so - bear the burdens of royalty, keep malcontents in order, and either silence political passions, or enlist them under his own banner? ..."

The Cowboys could learn a thing or two from Napoleon. That man was passion and determination personified. Something this team is sorely lacking.

What would Romo say?: "Oh well, you win some, you lose some. I hope to win more than I lose, but you can't let a loss bother you too much. At the end of the day, it is just a game."

What would Napoleon say: "I have only one counsel for you - be master...Victory belongs to the most persevering....War is the business of barbarians...The word impossible is not in my dictionary."

One Napoleon quote most fitting to this team, "The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know." No one stepping up to the plate to tell it like it is and fix the problems. The Cowboys yes men might not have pulled a "Et tu, Brute?" but their excuses have killed this team just the same.

One reason why the Cowboys lose? Napoleon explained it best: "There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit." The Cowboys may have great talent but they play with no heart and little fire.